Reviews

Cannes Review: Gaya Jiji’s glacially paced tale of sexual repression ‘My Favorite Fabric’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Gaya Jiji’s directorial debut MY FAVORITE FABRIC is an undercooked, lacking melodrama that takes points for… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: Zhao Tao is a Best Actress Contender in ‘Ash is Purest White’ from Jia Zhang-ke

One of the most commercial and straightforward films of his career, Jia Zhang-ke’s ASH IS PUREST WHITE is accessible but… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: ‘Border,’ Ali Abbasi’s thrilling supernatural gothic romance

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless… Read More

May 12, 2018

Cannes Review: Mads Mikkelsen burns up the screen in icy ‘Arctic’

Survival films can go either way: they can be engaging viewing experiences that expand their scope beyond their basic premise… Read More

May 12, 2018

Cannes Review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s bleak and beautiful ‘Cold War’

Joanna Kulig in Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is one of those films… Read More

May 11, 2018

Cannes Review: Paul Dano’s assured directorial debut ‘Wildlife’ starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] The fracturing of an American family in 1960 is at the center of Wildlife (based on… Read More

May 10, 2018

Cannes Review: Kirill Serebrennikov’s arthouse crowdpleaser ‘Leto’

LETO, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Kirill Serebrennikov’s LETO is a tribute to music, dreams of youth… Read More

May 10, 2018

Cannes Review: A.B. Shawky’s gripping and emotional debut ‘Yomeddine’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Rarely do debut features play in competition at Cannes. In fact, of the debut features that… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Wanuri Kahiu’s touching if familiar lesbian romance ‘Rafiki’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Kena, short for Makena (played by Samantha Mugatsia) lives in the Slopes district of Nairobi, Kenya… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s immersive and unforgettable ‘Birds of Passage’

In his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, Colombian director Ciro Guerra teams up with director Cristina Gallego to… Read More

May 9, 2018

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